"Movie Review: The Real Cancun"" (*1/2)"
By HASSAN BABAJANE | Apr. 25, 2003Everyone knows MTV's dirty little secret for success. Most networks rely on producing quality programming in order to keep viewers tuned to their channel.
Everyone knows MTV's dirty little secret for success. Most networks rely on producing quality programming in order to keep viewers tuned to their channel.
Sharing the college campus with such films as "Van Wilder" and "PCU," Neil LaBute's "The Shape of Things" takes off in an entirely different direction.
Can Jamie Kennedy carry a movie by himself? While he has proven he can handle being the stupid guy standing next to the main character in films like "Scream," "Malibu's Most Wanted" is his first headlining film, and the answer movie-goers will find is that no, Kennedy is not leading man material.Kennedy plays wannabe-rapper Brad Gluckman, or (as he calls himself) "B-Rad." B-Rad lives in Malibu in a mansion with a five-car garage that's always full.
News flash: there are excellent white rappers out there and they are not named Eminem. One such artist is Double S, a 23 year-old UB graduate.
The next installment in the "Chris Rock makes the same movie over and over again" series, "Head of State," hits theaters today.
Christian McBride is not someone likely to appear on MTV's TRL. He is not played on any of the mainstream radio stations and his face is not going to grace the cover of Entertainment Weekly during their Grammy coverage.
"Cradle 2 The Grave" is the kind of film "The Critic's" Jay Sherman was talking about when he coined the slogan: "Just Don't Go." The movie is predictable from start to finish in the worst way possible.
Just when you think every reality series is a repeat of the last ridiculous gimmick, TV executives pull out something new.
For those of you who have been sitting in Ellicott crying over the breakup of the pivotal 1990s rock outfit "The Smashing Pumpkins," it's time to put away your tissues (or for those sloppy criers, wipe your face off with your sleeve). Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan is back with a debut album from his new band, Zwan.